Samuel herzberg



(No Model.)

,s. HERZBERG.

TAG; No. 309,390. Patented Dec. 16, 1884.

UNTTED STaTns aTnnT Trice,

SAMUEL HERZBERG, OF PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

TAG.

,EPEGIEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,390, datedDecember 16, 1884:.

Application filed June 2,1884. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HERZBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing in Pontiac, county of Livingston, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tags, consisting of a flatplate provided with prongs for securing the plate to fabrics, whichplate has marked or otherwise indicated on its face either the cost andselling price, the size, quality, or other private marks such as arecommonly employed in mercantile business.

The objects of my invention are to provide a tag adapted for any kindand character of fabric, folded, wound, or otherwise put up, andespecially applicable to pantaloons and other articles of clothing inthe folded condition they usually are when exposed for inspection andsale. Further objects are to provide a tag which is removable, but notliable to become detached from fabrics, and which can be secured to asingle fold, to the exclusion of other folds of the fabric; finally, toprovide a tag with prongs of such a character that there is little or noliability of injury by their points to a person handling goods to whichthe tag is attached, and which maintain the tag-plate fiat upon andclose to the fabric, and without stretching or pulling the same. Iattain these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top plan View of my invention;Fig. 2, a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a side elevation of thesame; Fig. 4, a perspective View illustrating the ap plieation of my tagto pants folded and piled as is customary in the trade; Fig. 5, asectional view of a pair of pants, showing one of my tags attached andthe relative position of the prongs to the folds thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

A indicates a flat plate, which may be of metal, paper, orother'suitable material sufficiently stiff for the purpose intended,which plate may be oval, round, or angular, but preferably having itsedges curved to avoid any liability of catching upon the fabrics.

Secured upon the under side of the plate are pointed prongs B G, whichare preferably in line with each other, and are bent so that said pointswill extend in lines parallel with the under side of the plate, and thepoints oppose each other. These prongs may be of a single or of twopieces of wire soldered or otherwisesecured to the under side of theplate, as shown, and it will be no departure from this invention, andwould not modify. their results, to form or stamp them out of the plateand afterward bend them to the position shown.

Marks of any kind desired to be used may be made directly upon theplate, or upon pieces of paper or labels pasted thereon such, forexample, as gummed labels, commonly kept in'stock.

To secure the tag in an operative position upon folded fabrics-such, forexample, as is illustrated in Fig. 5 -it is held by thefingers, and oneof the points forced in the edges of the fold, after which the pressureagainst the tag in a line with the points is continued until thelayer offabric next the plate is fulled between the points, when by pressingwith the finger against the opposite end of the tag, or otherwiseinclining said end, the opposing point will catch in the fabric, andthen by reversing the direction of the pressure on the edge of the tagthe fabric will be pushed upon said point. I By fulling the said fabric,as described, the at- 8 5 taehment of the tag is not only facilitated,but enough of the goods is forced between the points to prevent theaccidental detachment of the tag, it being understood, however, that thefulling is not in excess of that which will afterward lie flat betweenthe points and against the plate, in order to avoid creasing orstraining the fabric.

By having the points parallel with the plane of the plate, and separatedtherefrom a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the fabric,it is next to an impossibility to make said points catch in more thanone thickness of the fabric; and even though this distance is muchgreater than the thickness of I00 the fabric, no particular skill is"required to relative position of the points to the plate is such thatafter a point has pierced one thickness of the fabric a slight change inthe angle of the plate as the tag is pushed forward will maintain thepoint in a plane removed from the next thickness or fold. In thisconnection it may be stated that after a point has pierced a singlethickness of the fabric said thickness may be drawn away from the nextby an outward strain upon the plate, and the points then inserted theirlength while the goods on the point is in that position.

To remove the tag from the fabric it is only necessary to pinch or fullbetween and thus simultaneously draw the fabric off both points orprongs, or else reverse the operation of attaehing the tag and removingone prong at a time.

Tags of this character may be used for almost an indefinite period, andare particularly durable when the prongs are made of steel wire, forthey are not subject to strains when in use or when being attached ordetached, tending to destroy them, and, besides,

they do not disfigure or injure the goods, or

project above the plane of the goods sufficiently to interfere withtheir being folded. \Vhen made of paper, a wire forming the prongs maybe passed through between the layers of paper, and then bent in thecenter, so as to lock it against becoming loose or turnmg.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

An improved tag consisting of a flat plate provided on its under sideand at opposite edges with returned hooks extending in a linesubstantially parallel with the plane of the plate, substantially as setforth.

SAMUEL HERZBERG.

Witnesses:

L. J oHNsoN, F. McCoRMAeK.

